jié

remaining

Depicts a child with a left arm but no right arm. Compare to (child with no left arm) and (child with no arms).

Components
子 iconic,remnant component

  Iconic Remnant component

zi

  

child

A child () without a right arm.

Evolution

孑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孑 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
孑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jié

remaining, left-over; lonely; all alone

Most common words with 孑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

孑然

solitary

孑然一身

to be all alone in the world

all alone

孑立

to be alone

孑孓

mosquito larva

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4691st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5B51

Shuowen

“孑,無右臂也。从了,。象形。”


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